We have taken Jet2 to court over refusing refund of holiday deposit - and won

MasonJar

eskbanker said:

stoem said:

Am I able to cross examine or ask questions of the witness in court?

Isn't that a question for the solicitor you engaged, rather than random anonymous internet strangers whose experiences may or may not actually be relevant to your case?

I read the entire thread thinking that the OP is in cloud cuckoo land. The request for help to prepare legal documents seems to be at some odds with the idea that they have a legal professional supplied by their home insurance to represent them. 

I suspect the OP was more going along with the idea that Jet2 would pay up rather than contest in court and sadly the bluff has been called.

Thrugelmir

stoem said:

Question:
Am I able to cross examine or ask questions of the witness in court? I won't post the questions I have in mind here but I feel they'd be very enlightening to the judge.

Thanks.

The judge will have read the evidence beforehand.  More than likely they'll be the ones asking questions in order to resolve the matter as quickly as possible and get onto the next case, which maybe more demanding on their time. 

stoem

eskbanker said:

stoem said:

Am I able to cross examine or ask questions of the witness in court?

Isn't that a question for the solicitor you engaged, rather than random anonymous internet strangers whose experiences may or may not actually be relevant to your case?

Isn't this a forum to ask questions and get answers rather than responding with useless noise?

I'm representing myself, do you really think I keep paying a solicitor to handle a £300 claim? 

eskbanker

stoem said:

eskbanker said:

stoem said:

Am I able to cross examine or ask questions of the witness in court?

Isn't that a question for the solicitor you engaged, rather than random anonymous internet strangers whose experiences may or may not actually be relevant to your case?

Isn't this a forum to ask questions and get answers rather than responding with useless noise?

I'm representing myself, do you really think I keep paying a solicitor to handle a £300 claim? 

I was basing my comment on your earlier remarks about engaging with 'my solicitor' who was "paid for by my household legal insurance", but yes, if you'd need to be paying for this yourself then it wouldn't make any sense to do so for a £300 claim.

And yes, of course the forum is for questions and answers, but my point was that, in the context of legal action, it would be risky to rely on such answers unless able to satisfy yourself that they were credible and relevant - if you don't have access to (cost-effective) legal advice then you might find more qualified input on legally-oriented forums such as Legal Beagles....

stoem

MasonJar said:

eskbanker said:

stoem said:

Am I able to cross examine or ask questions of the witness in court?

Isn't that a question for the solicitor you engaged, rather than random anonymous internet strangers whose experiences may or may not actually be relevant to your case?

I read the entire thread thinking that the OP is in cloud cuckoo land. The request for help to prepare legal documents seems to be at some odds with the idea that they have a legal professional supplied by their home insurance to represent them. 

I suspect the OP was more going along with the idea that Jet2 would pay up rather than contest in court and sadly the bluff has been called.

You can suspect, or you could have asked. 

I had legal advice (I think you call this 'the idea of having advice') on the case at hand through my home insurance's legal cover, and said legal advice was that they deemed there to be a more than 50% chance of success. Only because of that did they then engage with Jet2 and after Jet2 didn't pay, advised me to go down the small claims route. 

I'll repeat myself since you clearly didn't read the whole thread: I wouldn't have taken this any further had the professional advice been any different. No doubt you'll be terribly pleased if I lose with this 'bluff' as you call it. 

I notice that this forum has gone downhill since I first signed up. You used to get a straight answer to a straight question, now everyone is somehow looking for some big conspiracy in even straight forward matters. Consumer power at its best...

To those who are contributing in a useful manner: thank you.

stoem

Thrugelmir said:

stoem said:

Question:
Am I able to cross examine or ask questions of the witness in court? I won't post the questions I have in mind here but I feel they'd be very enlightening to the judge.

Thanks.

The judge will have read the evidence beforehand.  More than likely they'll be the ones asking questions in order to resolve the matter as quickly as possible and get onto the next case, which maybe more demanding on their time. 

They've scheduled 90 minutes for it so hopefully I'll get a chance to ask a question or two. 

stoem

eskbanker said:

stoem said:

eskbanker said:

stoem said:

Am I able to cross examine or ask questions of the witness in court?

Isn't that a question for the solicitor you engaged, rather than random anonymous internet strangers whose experiences may or may not actually be relevant to your case?

Isn't this a forum to ask questions and get answers rather than responding with useless noise?

I'm representing myself, do you really think I keep paying a solicitor to handle a £300 claim? 

I was basing my comment on your earlier remarks about engaging with 'my solicitor' who was "paid for by my household legal insurance", but yes, if you'd need to be paying for this yourself then it wouldn't make any sense to do so for a £300 claim.

And yes, of course the forum is for questions and answers, but my point was that, in the context of legal action, it would be risky to rely on such answers unless able to satisfy yourself that they were credible and relevant - if you don't have access to (cost-effective) legal advice then you might find more qualified input on legally-oriented forums such as Legal Beagles....

I just wanted to know if I am likely able to ask a question of a witness in a small claims court case or not. There's no more to it than that. 

michael1234

stoem said:

eskbanker said:

stoem said:

eskbanker said:

stoem said:

Am I able to cross examine or ask questions of the witness in court?

Isn't that a question for the solicitor you engaged, rather than random anonymous internet strangers whose experiences may or may not actually be relevant to your case?

Isn't this a forum to ask questions and get answers rather than responding with useless noise?

I'm representing myself, do you really think I keep paying a solicitor to handle a £300 claim? 

I was basing my comment on your earlier remarks about engaging with 'my solicitor' who was "paid for by my household legal insurance", but yes, if you'd need to be paying for this yourself then it wouldn't make any sense to do so for a £300 claim.

And yes, of course the forum is for questions and answers, but my point was that, in the context of legal action, it would be risky to rely on such answers unless able to satisfy yourself that they were credible and relevant - if you don't have access to (cost-effective) legal advice then you might find more qualified input on legally-oriented forums such as Legal Beagles....

I just wanted to know if I am likely able to ask a question of a witness in a small claims court case or not. There's no more to it than that. 

Since your question requires a degree of legal expertise, my advice would be to ask your question here. There are quite a few legally minded folk including fully trained solicitirs (and a fair amount of law students!). https://legalbeagles.info/

Most of all, you are far less likely to be patronised by those with little better to do. (They even had to create a rule to "be friendly" on this forum but sadly as you can see it doesn't work very well).

If you find it possible to report back it would be great to know how you get on.

eskbanker

stoem said:

eskbanker said:

stoem said:

eskbanker said:

stoem said:

Am I able to cross examine or ask questions of the witness in court?

Isn't that a question for the solicitor you engaged, rather than random anonymous internet strangers whose experiences may or may not actually be relevant to your case?

Isn't this a forum to ask questions and get answers rather than responding with useless noise?

I'm representing myself, do you really think I keep paying a solicitor to handle a £300 claim? 

I was basing my comment on your earlier remarks about engaging with 'my solicitor' who was "paid for by my household legal insurance", but yes, if you'd need to be paying for this yourself then it wouldn't make any sense to do so for a £300 claim.

And yes, of course the forum is for questions and answers, but my point was that, in the context of legal action, it would be risky to rely on such answers unless able to satisfy yourself that they were credible and relevant - if you don't have access to (cost-effective) legal advice then you might find more qualified input on legally-oriented forums such as Legal Beagles....

I just wanted to know if I am likely able to ask a question of a witness in a small claims court case or not. There's no more to it than that. 

I don't have any experience in this area (hence trying to direct you to places where you might find more informed answers) but https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/legal-system/small-claims/going-to-a-small-claims-hearing/ suggests that the answer is 'maybe':

Sometimes you and the defendant will have the chance to ask each other questions. It’s up to the judge to decide if you can do this. You might not find out until the day of the hearing, but it’s a good idea to think of any questions you’d like to ask the defendant in advance.

stoem

michael1234 said:

Since your question requires a degree of legal expertise, my advice would be to ask your question here. There are quite a few legally minded folk including fully trained solicitirs (and a fair amount of law students!). https://legalbeagles.info/

Most of all, you are far less likely to be patronised by those with little better to do. (They even had to create a rule to "be friendly" on this forum but sadly as you can see it doesn't work very well).

If you find it possible to report back it would be great to know how you get on.

I most certainly will. Thank you.